# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S3
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CONTENTS

Contents ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Preface.......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Officers and Convention Staff ................................................................................................................................... 9
Registered Delegates and Representatives ............................................................................................................. 11
Tabular Summary of Registrations .......................................................................................................................... 21
Convention Floor Committees ................................................................................................................................ 23
Convention Schedule ............................................................................................................................................... 25
Minutes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Slate of Candidates and Election Results ............................................................................................................... 55
Special Standing Rules ............................................................................................................................................. 65
President’s Report, Part 3......................................................................................................................................... 69
Convention Sermons ................................................................................................................................................ 75
We Preach Christ Crucified — Matthew C. Harrison.......................................................................................... 75
Of One Mind: The Church’s Life in Christ — Peter K. Lange ............................................................................... 77
Bound to Us by Him — Scott R. Murray ............................................................................................................... 78
Gospel Power — John C. Wohlrabe, Jr. ................................................................................................................80
Know Christ Jesus — Benjamin T. Ball ..................................................................................................................81
Paul Testifies before Kings — Christopher S. Esget ............................................................................................. 82
Lord, Help Me to Be a Fool — Nabil S. Nour ......................................................................................................... 84
There Is No Distinction; We ALL Are Saved by Grace — Ely Prieto ..................................................................... 86
Christ, the Death of Death, Our Foe — John C. Wille .......................................................................................... 88
Keep On Praying — Josemon T. Hoem ................................................................................................................ 89
Convention Essays..................................................................................................................................................... 91
We Preach Christ Crucified — Thomas J. Egger ................................................................................................... 91
The Power of God on the Cross — Abjar Bahkou .................................................................................................. 95
The Wisdom of God — Russell P. Dawn ............................................................................................................... 99
The Redemption of the World — Juhana Pohjola .............................................................................................. 102
Special Presentations ............................................................................................................................................. 107
The Biblical and Reformation Heritage of LCMS Pastoral Formation — Lawrence R. Rast, Jr. ....................... 107
Our Residential Seminaries: Deep Pastoral Formation and Worldwide Impact — Thomas J. Egger............... 109
Persecuted for Your Faith, Part I — Päivi M. Räsänen ......................................................................................... 111
Persecuted for Your Faith, Part II — Juhana Pohjola .......................................................................................... 114
Resolutions ............................................................................................................................................................... 115
1. National Witness .............................................................................................................................................. 115
To Stimulate Training for Witness ....................................................................................................... 115
To Aid Small Congregations and Multi-Congregation Pastors and Parishes .................................. 116
To Plant More Churches ........................................................................................................................ 116
To Continue to Address Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues ........................................ 117
To Increase Mission Efforts to Immigrants and Various Cultural Groups in North America ....... 118
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 (68TH) LCMS CONVENTION | 3